This study of contemporary crypto-Jews-descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition-traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity.
| ISBN: | 9780520936614 |
| Publication date: | 16th September 2002 |
| Author: | Jacobs, Janet |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |